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This September more than 1100 Scottish children will be given the chance to spend time with picture book author and Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson in the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour . The libraries tour will see Julia visit 35 libraries across the UK from John O’Groats to Lands End...

The search begins for The League of Extraordinary Booklovers , a group of people from all walks of life who love books and reading, and are willing to volunteer to share their passion and expert knowledge with readers across the nation during the first Book Week Scotland (26 November – 2 December...

Scottish Book Trust has announced that applications for the New Writers Awards 2012/13 are now open. With an additional three awards available this year, a total of 11 unpublished writers will be given the opportunity to pursue their dream of a career in writing. The New Writers Awards are managed...

The highly anticipated shortlist for this year’s Scottish Children’s Book Awards has been announced today, Monday 25 th June. Run by Scottish Book Trust in partnership with Creative Scotland, the Scottish Children’s Book Awards are Scotland’s largest children’s book awards, recognising excellence...

Scotland will host its first ever national week-long celebration of reading in 2012 – The Year of Creative Scotland, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced today. The Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs joined author Ian Rankin and Scots Makar Liz Lochhead at the Writer’s Museum in...

David Walliams, the multi-talented actor, writer, comedian and children’s author, is to take part in a live internet broadcast to tens of thousands of children across the UK on 10 th May. The free Authors Live event, run by Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland Learning, will be filmed in London and...

Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland have launched an exciting new writing project to encourage people to write about the place in Scotland that they love the most. My Favourite Place in Scotland will run from 19 th March to 31 st August 2012, and in that time Scottish Book Trust wants to involve...